Asador or Veracruz All Natural? See who won the 2023 Statesman Taco Bracket

After a week of voting from Statesman readers, it's time for one Austin taco titan to taste victory.

The Statesman Taco Bracket voting took place every day this week through our Austin360 Instagram story polls, and the 16 competitors included Nixta Taqueria, Torchy's Tacos, El Primo and more Austin favorites.

Veracruz All Natural and Asador Tacos ended up as the final two, and now we can announce that the winner is: Asador!

Asador wins the 2023 Statesman Taco Bracket, featuring 16 Austin taco joints.
Asador wins the 2023 Statesman Taco Bracket, featuring 16 Austin taco joints.

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Here's where to find all the restaurants in our taco bracket:

Nixta Taqueria

2512 E 12th St.

Veracruz All Natural

2401 Winsted Lane, 2505 Webberville Road, 111 E Cesar Chavez, 4208 Manchaca Road and 2711 La Frontera Blvd.

Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ

11500 Manchaca Road

Cuantos Tacos

1108 E 12th St.

Discada

1319 Rosewood Ave.

Asador

700 W 6th St., 405 E 7th St. and 88 1/2 Rainey St.

Palo Seco

2400 Burleson Road

Granny's Tacos

1401 E 7th St. and 1906 E Cesar Chavez St.

Ensenada

1108 E 12th St.

El Primo

2101 S 1st St.

Texsueño

5333 Fleming Court

Santa Barbacha

2806 Manor Road

Tacodeli

301 Congress Ave., 1500 Spyglass Drive, 4200 N Lamar Blvd., 701 South Capital of Texas Highway, 7301 Burnet Road, 5701 Slaughter Lane and 12001 Burnet Road

Pueblo Viejo

121 Pickle Road, 2410 E Riverside Drive, 641 Tillery St., 3901 Promontory Point Drive, 10106 Manchaca Road

Tamale House East

1707 E 6th St.

Torchy's

All 20 locations listed on Torchy's website

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Asador voted best taco restaurant in Austin in Statesman bracket